Senator Scott Brown reports $14.2 million raised since January 1

BOSTON - U.S. Sen. Scott Brown has raised a staggering $14.2 million since the beginning of the year and has a hefty $6 million left in his campaign account as of the start of February.

The campaign finance report filed Thursday covers a period including the final three weeks of the special election campaign and the weeks after the Republican's upset win over Democrat Martha Coakley.

Brown's capture of the Senate seat held for nearly half a century by the late Edward Kennedy has made him star in Republican political circles.

As he closed in on Coakley in the final weeks of the campaign, money flooded in from across the country to support Brown, who had been considered a long shot.

Brown's campaign said the average contribution was $86. He received more than 164,400 contributions.